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Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

Apple

Location

Cupertino, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/5/2026

Compensation

Not listed

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Job description

The team is focused on building innovative infrastructure and tools to enhance software engineering productivity at Apple. They are seeking hands-on engineers to develop high-performance distributed systems that address real-world challenges. The role involves collaboration with various teams to understand operational issues and create scalable solutions. Engineers will work in a supportive environment while optimizing system performance and driving service reliability.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Experience with high-performance, strongly typed languages such as Go, Rust, Scala, or others
  • Experience with building and operating distributed systems
  • Familiarity with large infrastructure systems like Kubernetes
  • Strong interest in distributed storage, observability, reliability, and cloud services
  • Interest in debugging OS-level issues such as memory and concurrency problems
  • Ability to efficiently develop, debug, and support new technologies in a changing environment
  • Familiarity with application and service monitoring tools and techniques
  • Experience with incident management and response
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, related experience

Responsibilities

  • Engineer distributed services, tooling, and operational standards
  • Collaborate with teams to refine requirements and implement lasting solutions
  • Drive service scalability, resiliency, and performance
  • Take ownership over components critical to Apple's success
  • Optimize system performance through algorithm design and testing
  • Scale services to ever-increasing problem sizes
  • Improve service operability using metrics and log data

Benefits

  • Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.

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